Putting Immunity in a Test Tube

jane2007 submitted, created time 9 months 1 week (www.time.com)

To streamline vaccine research and hasten the eradication of global killers, such as AIDS, VaxDesign company has created a simulated human immune system, called the Modular Immune in Vitro Construct (MIMIC for short). The dime-sized immune systems can predict how humans will respond to new vaccines.

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